Fozzie Illustration

To try and give some form of explanation, I was informed earlier in the year that one of my biggest clients no longer needed my services for 18 months. With that in mind, I had every intention of finishing the lingering piece for good...

However, this year has turned out crazier than ever for work with absolutely no window for progress on this project. Whilst its a good thing for me, part of me really wants to get this thing done and out for all to see.

In short...I'll stop making promises!

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Aw, I'll be patient.

Out of curiosity, approximately how long does the average character take? My guess is weeks!

Out of curiosity, approximately how long does the average character take? My guess is weeks!

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Sorry Jamie my good man, I missed your post!!

Each character varies really. First I do a pencil sketch of the character, though they ALWAYS change in the final version, and then I draw them up in a rough digital version. If I'm happy with that, I'll start to texture it up and shade, if I'm not I'll re-jig it. That said, I've done 2 near-complete versions of Scooter and 3 of Piggy because as they went on I decided to change them.

To give an idea on the number of hours, Kermit took around 8 hours once I was happy with the pose, whereas Sweetums with Robin has taken 30+ hours and he's still far from done. In reality, if this was a commercial project, I'd have to pull my finger out and cut corners, the nice thing about doing this for myself if I can go back and change again and again and again until I'm perfectly happy with the characters, which is great!!! I've just re-done Animal and I'm considerably happier with the new version...though I'm saving the unveiling for the final version*

Here's a quick illustration I did last year whilst trying out a different illustration style. It was around the time of the Threadless challenge, when I was thinking of something to do. Not sure what you guys think...successful?

Here's a quick illustration I did last year whilst trying out a different illustration style. It was around the time of the Threadless challenge, when I was thinking of something to do. Not sure what you guys think...successful?

I saw the picture and I thought, "Good grief! They always heckle to Fozzie Bear, but why pick on Kermit? Sheesh!" This really captures the Muppet Show. Sure Kermit was doing his best to host and take care of the chaos but the hecklers do pick on Fozzie more than Kermit or his other friends. Oh brother! Great jon, though!

I saw the picture and I thought, "Good grief! They always heckle to Fozzie Bear, but why pick on Kermit? Sheesh!" This really captures the Muppet Show. Sure Kermit was doing his best to host and take care of the chaos but the hecklers do pick on Fozzie more than Kermit or his other friends. Oh brother! Great jon, though!

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Good point! Although, the final piece was to have Fozzie covered in tomato's, knocking his hat off but him still comforting Kermit after getting caught in the crossfire with just the one tomato...it was done whilst thinking of something along the "friends" concept from the Threadless challenge.

Thanks to a welcome easing in my workload, coupled with the incredible generosity of the AMAZING Jamie Carroll, I've manage to make a tiny little update to my illustration of Jim Henson. As you'll probably be able to see, there's not as much detail in this when compared to other characters but that is because Jim, along with the puppet versions of Frank Oz and the late, sadly-missed Jerry Nelson will appear right at the very back of the image, barely visible. I hope I've done him justice and hope to have another character up in the coming weeks, workload permitting.

Thanks to a welcome easing in my workload, coupled with the incredible generosity of the AMAZING Jamie Carroll, I've manage to make a tiny little update to my illustration of Jim Henson. As you'll probably be able to see, there's not as much detail in this when compared to other characters but that is because Jim, along with the puppet versions of Frank Oz and the late, sadly-missed Jerry Nelson will appear right at the very back of the image, barely visible. I hope I've done him justice and hope to have another character up in the coming weeks, workload permitting.

As always, feedback is encouraged

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So it's kind of like them watching their creations having fun. Very subtle, but very nice.

So many funny things just happened to me here...first, I got really confused because I thought I was in the new member introduction thread, and then I thought that GonzoLover was saying "Hey Hubert" rather than "Hey Stuart"...

But pertaining to this thread, very, very nice work going on here! Love the newest piece and all others.

wow this amazing work very impressive that Jim would have made him proud I must ask if you are still working on this project because it is the most amazing thing I have ever seen

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HUGE apologies for not replying to your message rowlfy662, I somehow missed it!! Many thanks for your kind words

OK....I know there have been a lot of false starts, broken promises et all, but I am about to re-start work on and hopefully FINALLY finish the Muppet Illustration I started 5 years ago. Now there's going to be changes to what you've already seen as I think I can genuinely do better now but first off, I'm gonna nail the pig*

My question to everyone out there is which Piggy would you like to see? The only stipulation I am putting out there is that it MUST be Henson-era Miss Piggy and certainly NOT perm-Piggy from MTM. I would also like suggestions on the outfit too if anybody has any ideas.

I have 5 weeks left of current illustrations and them I'm as free as a bird - so get your thinking caps on!!

HUGE apologies for not replying to your message rowlfy662, I somehow missed it!! Many thanks for your kind words

OK....I know there have been a lot of false starts, broken promises et all, but I am about to re-start work on and hopefully FINALLY finish the Muppet Illustration I started 5 years ago. Now there's going to be changes to what you've already seen as I think I can genuinely do better now but first off, I'm gonna nail the pig*

My question to everyone out there is which Piggy would you like to see? The only stipulation I am putting out there is that it MUST be Henson-era Miss Piggy and certainly NOT perm-Piggy from MTM. I would also like suggestions on the outfit too if anybody has any ideas.

I have 5 weeks left of current illustrations and them I'm as free as a bird - so get your thinking caps on!!